European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 22 stars and stripes Page 9 study playing video games found to Sharpen eyesight stars and stripes while aboard a ship in september 2003 David Heitstuman then 13 and a student at Casebo naval bases Ernest j King High school in Japan plays a video game below deck results of a new psychological study indicate that playing video games May be Good for the eyes by Lee Bowman Scripps Howard news service parents who warn teens that they will ruin their eyes playing video games May wish to avoid the current Issue of the journal psychological science in it researchers from the University of Rochester in new York report that playing action video games for an hour or so daily Actu ally helps Sharpen visual acuity specifically in tests that assess the ability to see objects accurately in a cluttered space game players Winter wonder drive the Volvo s60 25t sports Sedan with performance package now save excitement has never looked so Beautiful 208 he supreme safety sophisticated driving technology plus a whole Load of great extras All in the body of a pulse raising european sports Sedan get your 2007 Volvo s60 25t now and Well pack it full with the exclusive performance package goodies including sport package Premium package climate package and Bix Enon headlights All with amazing savings but dont wait this special offer is Only valid until March 31 2007 see us now or visit win a new ipod Nano new draw every week enter today scored higher than no players play changes the Way our brains process visual information said Daphne Cavelier a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at Rochester and Lead author of the study after just 30 hours of training people who didst normally play video games showed a substantial increase in the spatial Resolution of their vision meaning they could see Small closely packed letters like those on an Eye Chart More clearly even when other symbols crowded in she explained researchers stress that playing video games wont have any effect on most of the things that in fluence a Normal persons ability to read an Eye Chart the size of the Eye the shape and thickness of the Cornea and Lens some visual deficits Are not re ally optical in nature but instead Are the result of dysfunction in optical nerves and the brain it is our Hope that vide game training can help these people Cavelier said the researchers anticipate that video games might be particularly useful for patients suffering from conditions such As amblyopia or Lazy Eye a situation where one Eye becomes stronger and the visual nerve system suppresses the image from the weaker Eye while corrective lenses or sur Gery May be needed to Deal with the underlying cause visual exercises along with Eye Patching and medications Are often part of followup therapy Cavelier said video games might even be useful in stemming visual impairment resulting from Normal aging of the brain Only certain games firs per son action games that require say spotting a target and shoot ing at the desired effect slower Puzzle style games like Tetras showed no effect on test scores for a group of Roches Ter students who played the game daily for a month
